NY1

NY1
Launched	September 8, 1992
Owned by	Time Warner Cable
Picture format	-SDTV — 4:3 AR; 480i -HDTV — 16:9 AR; 1080i
Country	United States
Language	American English
Broadcast area	-New York City metropolitan area -New York State
Headquarters	75 Ninth Avenue New York, New York 10011 United States
Sister channel(s)	NY1 Noticias, NY1 Rail and Road ‎
Website	ny1.com
Availability
Cable
Time Warner Cable	-Channel 1 — SDTV — 4:3 AR; 480i -Channel 701 — HDTV — 16:9 AR; 1080i
Cablevision	8
Bright House Networks	1210 (HDTV only)

NY1, New York One, is a 24-hour cable-news television channel focusing on the five boroughs of New York City. In addition to news and weather forecasts, the channel also features human-interest segments such as the "New Yorker of the Week" and the "Scholar Athlete of the Week", and specialty program such as Inside City Hall (which is renamed Road to City Hall during New York City mayoral elections.

NY1 is owned and operated by Time Warner Cable (TWC).

On the TWC-New York City service, NY1 appears on channel 1, formerly in standard definition (with a 4:3 aspect ratio), and is now shown on both channel 1 and channel 701 in high definition (with a 16:9 aspect ratio). The channel appears on channel 8 on Cablevision's New York City service (in mid December 2010 it was moved to Channel 8 with Channel 1 stricken from the Cablevision program guide) in letterboxed standard definition (using the HD feed). It is available to over two million cable-television customers within the five boroughs of New York City; nearby Bergen County, New Jersey; Mount Vernon in Westchester County, New York; as well as Time Warner Cable systems throughout New York State and on Bright House Networks systems in Orlando and Tampa, Florida starting September 9, 2011. Verizon FiOS does not carry the station.

History

NY1 was conceived in 1991 by Richard Aurelio, the president of Time Warner Cable's New York City cable group. The station launched September 8, 1992, from its newsroom in the National Video Center at 460 West 42nd Street in the Manhattan borough of New York City under the guidance of Paul Sagan, NY1's vice president of news, and Steve Paulus, NY1's news director. Construction of the 42nd Street facility was completed on July 15, but the channel's newly hired reporters actually began work a month earlier by attending a videojournalism "boot camp". While some of the reporters had used their own cameras in other markets, most had had no exposure to the technical side of journalism. Following their training, the reporters and the rest of the staff took part in an additional two-month training period that included four weeks of real-time rehearsal. A watershed event came in the final weeks of training, with the collapse of a former post-office building on Manhattan's West Side. Although the channel was not yet on the air, NY1 reporters covered the story as if the channel was fully operational, interviewing survivors and witnesses and reporting the story more fully^{[citation needed]} than competing television outlets.

Following the September 11, 2001, attacks of the World Trade Center in New York City, NY1's signal was temporarily broadcast internationally to all subscribers of the Oxygen cable-television channel after Oxygen could not broadcast from its studios in the Battery Park City Manhattan neighborhood near the World Trade Center.

In 2001, TWC began offering NY1 to digital-cable subscribers in the Albany, New York, market, with other markets following soon thereafter.

In January 2002, the station moved to a new, all-digital facility on the sixth foor at Chelsea Market, 75 Ninth Avenue (between West 15th-16th Streets) in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

On June 30, 2003, NY1 Noticias, a Spanish-language version of the channel, began operating for digital-cable subscribers.

In late 2005, NY1 launched a video-on-demand service for its TWC customers. NY1 on Demand is on Channel 1110 in the TWC-New York City system.

In 2008, NY1 launched a high-definition channel on Channel 701, although it was aired only in a pillarbox format (i.e., 4:3 aspect ratio picture with side pillars of NY1 logo) until migrating to a full 16:9 aspect ratio in October 2009.^{[citation needed]}

NY1 as prototype for other TWC markets

NY1 was the first TWC local-news channel, and TWC has since added twenty-four-hour local news networks in several other markets modeled after NY1, including:

R News, Rochester, New York (1990) Bay News 9, Tampa, Florida (1997) Central Florida News 13, Orlando, Florida (1997) News 8 Austin, Austin, Texas (1999)

Capital News 9, Albany, New York (2002) News 10 Now, Syracuse, New York (2003) News 14 Carolina, serving several markets in North Carolina (2006) YNN Buffalo, Buffalo, New York (2009)

Two other channels, News 24 Houston and News 9 San Antonio, both joint ventures between TWC and Belo, were closed within the first two years of operation.

Remote broadcast van

Format

The most-common "program" on NY1 is a half-hour block beginning at the top and middle of every hour. The first minute contains top headlines followed by "Weather On The 1s", a brief one-minute weather summary. The remainder of the half-hour is filled with pre-recorded news segments heavily focusing on stories from the New York metropolitan area. Nearly all stories are pre-recorded, even segments made to look like they are happening live; instead of a "live" indicator while reporters speak, most NY1 stories have a graphic saying merely that the reporter is (or, rather, was) "on scene". This is because when the report first aired, it may have been live but is usually not once re-aired, unless it updates breaking news. Moreover, reporters generally shoot their own stories with video-camera, and take them back to the newsroom to be edited into the broadcast rotation.

Sports reports are featured throughout the day, while a one-hour call-in sports show, Sports on 1: The Last Word, is featured every night at 11:35 p.m.

In an effort to compete with local late-night newscasts, on January 22, 2007, NY1 introduced its own 11 p.m. newscast, News At 11. The newscast is anchored Lewis Dodley and former CBS news correspondent Elizabeth Kaledin, an original member of the NY1 News team.

Programs

Inside City Hall; Road to City Hall

Inside City Hall offers more-extensive local political coverage than the area's broadcast stations.^{[citation needed]} NY1 and its upstate sister channels have sponsored a number of political debates through this program.

NY1's team of award-winning^{[citation needed]} political journalists is led by Robert Hardt, political director, and includes:

Josh Robin, reporter Bobby Cuza, reporter Erin Billups, reporter

Grace Rauh, reporter Errol Louis, Host Michael Nitzky, senior political producer

The Call

Launched in July 2005, The Call is a live, one hour call-in and write-in news show hosted by John Schiumo. Throughout the day, viewers are encouraged to vote on the top news stories of the day, and after receiving an e-mail alert as to the top story, asked to write or call in to discuss the topic with Schiumo. The program was expanded to one hour in January 2012 in response to viewer requests. Previously, the show was extended on days of major news events.

Very often at the beginning of the show, Schiumo will have a short interaction with Danielle Rondinone, the program's senior producer, during which they will both offer their opinions of the days news.

On Stage

On Stage is a half-hour program reporting on theater. Its focus is primarily on the New York City theater scene but the show also reports on performances in the wider region. It is hosted by Donna Karger, with Patrick Pacheco conducting interviews. NY1 anchor Roma Torre, who has a background in theater, is the critic for the show. Outside critics David Cote of Time Out New York and David Sheward of Back Stage also contribute reviews. Frank DiLella conducts on-scene reporting.

Reporters and anchors

Current

(at September 2011)

Asa Aarons — employment reporter (since 2009) Jessica Blair Abo - Since 2009 Cindi Avilia Adam Balkin — technology reporter (since 1997) Erin Billups — Washington, DC political reporter (since 2009) Ruschell Boone — Queens reporter (since 2002) Monica Brown Adelle Caballero — traffic reporter (since 2010) Roger Clark — (since 2001) Lindsey Christ — education reporter (since 2009) Bobby Cuza — political reporter (since 2009) John Davitt — chief meteorologist (since 1992) Valarie D'Elia — travel analyst (since 1998) Aaron Dickens — anchor and reporter Lewis Dodley — evening anchor (since 1992) Kafi Drexel — health and fitness reporter (since 2005) Bree Driscoll — anchor and reporter Amanda Farinacci — Staten Island reporter (since 2000) Kevin Garrity — sports anchor and reporter (since 1992) Courtney Gross — political reporter (since 2011) Michael Herzenberg — political reporter (since 2011) Susan Jhun — NY1 For You reporter (since 1999) Elizabeth Kaledin — News at 11 anchor (since 1992) Shazia Khan — (since 2005) CeFaan Kim — anchor and reporter Diane King — Business Anchor / Reporter (since 2010) Pat Kiernan — morning anchor (since 1997) Vivian Lee — Weekend Anchor and Reporter (since 2008) Errol Louis — Host of Inside City Hall (since 2010) Jennifer Madden — anchor and reporter

Joe Malvasio — anchor and reporter Tom McDonald — sports anchor (since 2003) Dean Meminger — The Bronx reporter (since 1997) Budd Mishkin — host, One on 1 with Budd Mishkin; sports anchor; reporter (since 1992) Mara Montalbano — anchor Michelle Park — anchor and reporter Anthony Pascale — anchor and reporter(since 2000) Annika Pergament — business reporter (since 1994) Jeanine Ramirez (formerly known as Jeanine Aguirre) — Brooklyn reporter (since 1996) Grace Rauh — political reporter (since 2008) Tina Redwine - transit reporter (since 2011) Josh Robin — Albany reporter (since 2005) Neil Rosen — movie critic (since 1992) Joanne Santiglia — anchor and reporter John Schiumo — host, The Call (since 1999) Jill Urban — Real Estate Reporter (since 1999) Michael Scotto — political reporter (since 2000) Kristen Shaughnessy — Weekend Reporter / Anchor (since 1995) Rosemary Shultz — anchor and reporter Jamie Shupak — traffic reporter (since 2010) Stephanie Simon — arts reporter (since 1997) Mark Simone - Commentary and analysis (since 1997) Rebecca Spitz — Manhattan reporter (since 1992) Roma Torre — Mid-day Anchor (since 1992) Rocco Vertuccio — anchor and reporter Tara Lynn Wagner — Money Matters reporter (since 2007) Jon Weinstein — anchor and reporter George Whipple — Society reporter (since 2001) Cheryl Wills — Weekend Evening Anchor/Reporter (since 1992) Naomi Yane — traffic reporter (since 2010)

Former

Dominic Carter — host, Inside City Hall; senior political reporter (1992–2009) Duke Castiglione-sports broadcaster Sports on 1; (2000-2005) Arthur Chi'en - reporter (1998-2001) Leslie Devlin Sharon Dizenhuz - corresponding correspondent Jay Dow - night reporter Sandra Endo — host, Inside City Hall Host; political reporter (1998–2008) Deborah Feyerick - reporter and anchor (1997-2000) Paul Fleuranges - host, The Straphangers' Report (1992-1997) Davidson Goldin - Political reporter and anchor (1999-2003) Elizabeth Gerst - Personal Finance Reporter (1997-1999) Mike Gilliam - Anchor and reporter Karim Hajee - Police/Crime Reporter 1992-1996 Eunie Han - Business reporter Taina Hernandez - Political reporter 1997-2001 Itay Hod - Health reporter Lily Jamali - Police/Crime Reporter Greg Kelly - Political affairs reporter 2000-2002 J.D. LaRock - Education reporter 1999-2001 David Lewis

Paul Lombardi - Features and Entertainment reporter 1998-2002 Andrew Kirtzman - Senior political reporter 1997-2004 Kerri Lyon Paul Messina Floyd Misek, deceased Marjie Mohtashemi Rita Nissan — political reporter (2002–2009) Lindley Pless (2006–2008) Solana Pyne — law enforcement reporter (2005–2008) Gary Anthony Ramsay (1992–2007) Jennifer Rainville - education reporter Carol Anne Riddell - (1992 - 1996) Melissa Russo - political reporter (1992-1998) Andrew Schmertz - general assignment reporter (1994-1998) Andrew Siff - law enforcement reporter (2001-2004) Jeff Simmons Adele Sammarco - Staten Island reporter Marcus Solis - anchor / reporter Gigi Stone - Queens reporter(1997–2002) Tanya Valle

In popular culture

Film

• In the thriller Sliver (1993), a television in the building's laundry room broadcasts NY1.
• In the crime drama The Yards (2000), NY1 reporters are featured reporting several events in the plot.
• In the romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan (2002), a Mexican hotel maid impersonating a high-class woman having an argument with a politician.
• In the comedy Elf (2003), NY1 is the station through which the story of an alleged Christmas Eve sighting of Santa Claus spread throughout New York City.
• In the documentary Super Size Me (2004), a NY1 report on the blizzard of 2003 was shown for several seconds.
• In the comedy White Chicks (2004), the character Denise is an NY1 news reporter.
• In the adventure comedy Night at the Museum (2006), NY1 is one of the stations that carried the story about dinosaur tracks that were leading into New York City's American Museum of Natural History. (The other station was WNYW, due to the fact that the movie was produced by 20th Century Fox.)
• In the monster movie, Cloverfield (2008), NY1's Roma Torre reports on the earthquake preceding the arrival of the monster.
• In the science fiction Jumper (2008), various footage of the NY1's opening were seen.
• In the thriller The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), NY1 political reporter Michael Scotto appears briefly.

Literature

• NY1 anchorman Pat Kiernan appears briefly in Through the Grinder (2004) (Berkley Prime Crime, ISBN 978-0-425-19714-1), the second novel in The Coffeehouse Mystery Series by Cleo Coyle.

Music

• "That's It That's All", from the To the 5 Boroughs (2004) album by the Beastie Boys, contains the line "Like George Whipple on New York 1; Got a hairy ass and that's no fun." Whipple covers celebrity gossip and high society for NY1.

Television

• Episodes of:
  • the courtroom drama series 100 Centre Street (2001–2002)
  • the drama series Third Watch (1999–2005)
  • the police-procedural and legal-drama series Law & Order (since 1990)

briefly show televisions in the background tuned to NY1.

• Episodes of the drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007) feature NY1 television reporters and anchors.
• The situation-comedy series How I Met Your Mother (since 2005) features character Robin Scherbatsky as an NY1 reporter, although the show brands it "Metro News 1". The character formerly co-anchored the network with Sandy Rivers, who reads from the newspaper much like NY1's Pat Kiernan.
• In an episode of the situation-comedy series of 30 Rock (since 2006), the character Liz Lemon mentions that one of her fears is having her picture shown on NY1 after dying alone in her apartment.

Podcasts

• Pat Kiernan appeared on a taping of the Doug Loves Movies podcast starring Doug Benson at the Gramercy Theatre on October 23, 2011; the episode, also featuring actor Keith Powell, as well as comics Jim Gaffigan and Michael Ian Black was released onto the iTunes Store three days later.

Spanish-language station

See NY1 Noticias.

See also

• Media in New York City
• News 12 Networks
• NY1 Noticias

References

External links

• ny1.com, NY1's official website
• NY 1 Wireless
• "Station History", at ny1.com. Accessed October 17, 2009.
• newschannels.org, Association of Regional News Channels official website. Accessed October 17, 2009.